snsingh. well put. not as informative but my two cents. there's yays and nays all over....regarding the coup. but i think it is imperative that as a nation we look at the bigger picture. if what u say is true..and it does have some validity in it. are we to look forward to a nepal that has all its strings pulled by a puppetmaster. i know the economic consequences of this alliance will bring prosperity and etc etc and we have bigger issues at hand, ie the maoists and rampant corruption. tara bhaye pani, we are treading dangerous grounds now we will get freedom from terrorism and chakkajams. but at what price. i deeply fear nepal turning into a pariah state in the eyes of the world, or a banana republic. not to mention the nation itself loosing it's freedoms substituting india's assent for china, i feel is like jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. and gyane is learning the tools to supressing freedoms pretty quick supressing the press is only the beginning. see you at tianmen ps. is he accountable for anything now? from the citizens-no from the media-what media from the west-no his allegiance lies with china, now. so xie-xie and keep buying those dvd players. cause if the chinese race to prosperity is stifled. nepal is royally f ucked